Basketball Recap: Notre Dame Comes Up Short

After flying high against St. Andrews-Sewanee last Thursday, Notre Dame came back down to earth. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish came up short against the Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish on Saturday, falling 73-52. Notre Dame hasn't had much luck with Knoxville Catholic recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.

Despite the loss, Notre Dame still got an impressive performance from Gaas Herman, who posted 17 points. Herman has been hot for a while, having posted 15 or more points the last 14 times he's played. Another player making a difference was Aidan Redner, who earned ten points.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Knoxville Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cade Murphy, who went 8 for 16 on his way to 21 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tj Tipton, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 rebounds.

Notre Dame's loss dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Knoxville Catholic, their win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-4.

Notre Dame will challenge Collegedale Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Notre Dame is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.1 points per game this season. Knoxville Catholic has already played their next contest (against Cleveland), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.